Non-refillable bottle.



Patented May l5, |900.

No. 849,80I.

W. H. BUYINGTN.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

(Application med sept.. 2s, 1899.',

(No Model.)

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Parent NoN-REFILLABLE Borrte.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 649,801, dated lVay 15, 1900. Application filed September 28, 1899. Serial No. 731,925; (No model.)

Ie itknown that I, VILLIAM Il. BOYING- TON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Valley Junction, in the county of Monroe and State of IWisconsin, have invented a new and useful Nonletillable Bottle, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in non-relillable bottles.

One object of the present invention is to improve the construction of non-reillable bottles and to provide a simple, inexpensive, and efficient one which must be sufficiently mutilated to obtain access to its contents to prevent it from being ever afterward used as an original package for the sale of an imitation or spurious liquid.

A further object of the invention is to provide a bottle of this character which may be sealed with an ordinary cork or stopper and to arrange the latter at a point below the place where the neck of the bottle is to be broken, so that there will be no liability of any of the particles of the broken glass entertional view of the upper portion of a non-relilla-ble bottle constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional vie'w on line 2 2 of Fig. l. Figs. 3 and 4 are detail perspective views of sections of the upper stopper or plug.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures of the d raw ings.

l designates a bottle provided between the ends of its neck with an exterior annular groove 2, forming a frangible upper portion 3, which is adapted, as hereinafter described, to be broken off to obtain access to a cork or stopper 4; but instead of weakening the bottle at the neck portion by means of an exterior groove it may be accomplished by any other means, and the upper portion of the neck may be cut off instead ot' broken, if desired. rlhe cork or stopper it, which is ar ranged beneath the weakened portion of the neck, is adapted to be drawn by an ordinary corkscrew, and it prevents particles of broken glass from falling into the bottle.

The upper fraugible portion of the neck is provided with an interior annular groove or re cess 5, which is adapted to be engaged by a rib or projection G of an upper stopper or plug 7, arranged within the neck of the bottle and composed of sections S and 9 and designed to be constructed of glass or some other suitable material which will effectually seal the mouth of the bottle and prevent access to the cork or stopper 4. The sections 8 and 9 of the plug or stopper 7 are reversely tapered and present inclined inner faces, and the rib or projection G is formed on the section 8, which has its en# larged end at the bottom and which is first introduced into the neck of the bottle after the same has been filled and the cork orstopper et is applied and it is desired to prevent the bottle from being fraudulently refilled. The section S is interlocked with the neck of the bottle by reason of the rib or projection fitting in the annular groove, and the two sections 8 and 9 are interlocked by means of a substantially V-shaped spring 10, which is received within recesses ll and 12, formedin the inclined faces of the sections S and 9. The recesses are oblong and form ripper and lower shoulders. The spring is placed in position with its 'bend at the top of the recess 1l, and the section 9 is then inserted in the neck of the bottle, compressing the spring until the free end of the adjacent side springs into en-V gagement with the lower shoulder of the recess 12, whereby the section l'will be elfectu ally prevented from being Withdrawn from the neck of the bottle. After the sections S and 9 and the spring 10 have been placed in position it is impossible to obtain access to the contents of the bottle until the frangible x oo that the contents are not permitted to come in contact with the spring or with the upper stopper or plug, so that any material may be employed in the manufacture of such parts.

Changes in the form, proportion, size, and the minor details vor" construction within the scope of the appended claims may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of this in- Vention.

What is claimed isl. In a device of the class described, the combination of a receptacle having a neck with an upper frangible portion provided with an interior groove or recess, said receptacle being'adapted to receive an ordinary cork or stopper in the lower portion of its neck, a plug or stopper arranged in the upper portion of the neck and split longitudinally to form two sections one of the sections being provided with a rib or projection to interlock with the said recess, said sections being adapted to be introduced into the neck independently to enable the rib or projection to be engaged with the recess or groove, and means for interlocking the two sections of the plug or stopper, substantially as described.

2. In a device of the class described, the combination of a receptacle provided in its neck with a groove or recess', a stopper coinposed of two sections, one of the sections being provided with' a rib or projection to engage the groove or recess, and a spring interposed between the two sections and arranged to interlock the saine and adapted to permit the sections to be introduced into the receptacle independently of each other, substantially as described.

8. In a device of the class described, the combination with a receptacle provided with a neck having an upper frangible portion, and a lower cork or stopper 4 arranged within the neck, below the frangible portion, of an upper stopper or plug arranged Wholly within the frangible portion of the neck and split longitudinally to form two reversely-tapered sections adapted to be introduced into the frangible portion of the neck, independently of each other, one of the sections being intel-locked with the frangible portion of the neck, and means for interlocking the abutting faces of the said sections, substantially as described.

4. In a device of the class described, the combination with a receptacle having a neck, of a plug or stopper composed of two reversely-tapcred or wedge-shaped sections provided at ytheir inner contiguous faces with recesses, one of the sections being provided at its outer face with means for engaging the neck of the bottle, and a spring arranged within the said recesses and adapted to lock the parts automatically when the second section is introduced into the neck of the bottle, substantially as described.

' In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aliixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM II. BOYINGTON.

lVitnesses:

II. A. SOWLE, WM. H. PRESTON. 

